I now have 2 Herters super 3's and this will make things easier but I still want it better. I don't like changing dies and having to readjust each time. Then if I have to pull out the seating die to go back and resize a few more it gets frustrating. I got excited when I saw Hornady has adapters to make presses function with the Lock-n-load design. My presses have big nuts that adapt them down to 7/8-14 and they thread out. COOL!! I bought 2 sets and drove straight home to try them. BAD!! Hornady and Herters have different threads. Just like a kid waking up Christmas morning and seeing 17 big boxes under the tree only to find out they are filled with socks and autographs from Highboy. I returned them while keeping my head down so I no longer can tell what thread size and pitch they are. Herters are 1 1/4-18.
How do I get these 2 boys to play well together? It's almost like Hornady wants me to buy one of their presses.
He wants to put the Hornady L-n-L bushing into the press body but the tpi is different. One being 12 and the other being 18. Only way I see that happening is to fill the old threads and retap.
That's the pits. I believe I would call Hornady CS and see if they have an adapter that will fit your press. Hornady has several items they don't advertise and it wouldn't hurt to ask.
I think howln has the most sane idea. Drill and helicoil the press for 1-1/4-12 threads if you want to use those LnL bushings. Actually, I'd much rather use a Time-Sert style solid thread insert than a helicoil, especially in a high load application like a reloading press.
Otherwise, just stick with the original 7/8-14 adapters that came with the press and thread the dies in like most of us do.
In all reality, the purchase of a new press will most likely be cheaper by the time all the machine work was complete. Besides, why destroy a classic press like that just to save a few seconds time?
I'm thinking they could weld it up and redo it to the new thread. If this happens I would need to keep this machine for eternity due to the cost involved.
Don't weld on a C-frame. I'd bet money that the grain of the metal will settle a bit and spring it out of shape. You'll have to retrue the top surface where the dies seat against in addition to recutting the threads...if it works out. If not, it's a paperweight.
Come to think of it, I'm not sure welding an O-frame would be the hot ticket either.
The more I think about it I think they're best left as unmodified Herter's presses since some guys do seem to like collecting those old brandnames.
That's what I will ask them to do. I have to talk to the boss there since his minions are jerks
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